In this episode Jem comes back to the question of how to think about ‘vibes’ in politics, discussing how they relate to the question of material interests and whether vibes can be rational. We look at a few different thinkers who have tried to define ‘vibes’, we go back to Raymond Williams’s concept of the ‘structure of feeling’, and we finally get to talk about Stranger Things.

Here are some of the texts mentioned:

Vivek Chibber ‘Materialism is Essential For Socialist Politics‘

Dylan Riley ‘Material Interests’

Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams ‘Alternative Horizons‘

Jason Read ‘Just Vibes: a Note on Affect and Politics‘

Shelley Trower Senses of Vibration

Malcolm James Sonic Intimacy

Raymond Williams Marxism and Literature

Jonathan Gingerich ‘Democratic Vibes’

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